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Detectives from the Polk County Sheriff\u2019s Office arrested a Lakeland man Tuesday, April 1, 2025, for money laundering after it was discovered that he tried to hide more than $ 800 thousand in proceeds from illegal gambling games that he organized.<\/p>\n\n\n

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39-year-old James Patrick Kerr was charged with\u00a0three counts of Fraud-Money Laundering in Excess of $100,000 (F1).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOne of our undercover detectives infiltrated Kerr\u2019s illegal poker games that were being conducted in the Winter Haven area. As the saying goes, \u2018follow the money,\u2019 and that\u2019s exactly what detectives did. They discovered that Kerr would make multiple transactions among various bank accounts, with the purpose of trying to hide his illicit earnings.\u201d \u2013 Grady Judd, Sheriff<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation revealed that Kerr\u2019s fraudulent activities occurred over three years, in an attempt to conceal a total of $833,478 in illegal gambling money. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Detectives located Kerr at his attorney\u2019s office in Lakeland, but he refused to speak with detectives about the investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kerr was arrested and taken to the Sheriff\u2019s Processing Center and booked-in his charges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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